Where does “մկնասպան” come from?

մկնասպան (Armenian) comes from Armenian մուկ, from Old Armenian մուկն, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

մկնասպան (Armenian): rat poison, raticide, rodenticide

Definitions

  1. rat poison, raticide, rodenticide

Ancestry of “մկնասպան”, step by step

մկնասպան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մուկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմուկmouse
2Old Armenianմուկնmouse; muscle
3Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Armenian սպանել

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianսպանելto kill; to murder; to assassinate
2Old Armenianսպանանեմto kill, to slay, to put to death, to take away...
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